A case of non-functional pituitary adenoma associated with Rathke's cleft cyst

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 797-803

  Kaku, Shougo ^a   Tanaka, Toshihide ^a   Sawauchi, Satoshi ^a   Dobashi, Hisashi ^a   Ohtsuka, Toshihiro ^a   Numoto, Robert Tomohiko ^a   Murakami, Shigeyuki ^a   Komine, Kazumasa ^a   Abe, Toshiaki ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non functional pituitary adenoma; Rathke's cleft cyst; Transitional cell tumor

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SELLA TURCICA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23344432524     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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